NYSE:BKUBankUnited Stock Price, Forecast & News

BankUnited's stock was trading at $25.35 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BKU stock has decreased by 15.3% and is now trading at $21.48. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BankUnited in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for BankUnited.

BankUnited is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for BankUnited.

BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 29th. The financial services provider reported ($0.33) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.89. The financial services provider earned $203.87 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $216.72 million. BankUnited had a return on equity of 7.67% and a net margin of 15.57%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.65 EPS. View BankUnited's earnings history.

BankUnited declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 14th will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share on Thursday, April 30th. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.28%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, April 13th. This is an increase from BankUnited's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. View BankUnited's dividend history.

8 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for BankUnited's shares. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $41.00. On average, they anticipate BankUnited's share price to reach $30.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 39.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for BankUnited.

News headlines about BKU stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. BankUnited earned a coverage optimism score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the financial services provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutBankUnited.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other BankUnited investors own include Citigroup (C), AT&T (T), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Boeing (BA), Bank of America (BAC), General Motors (GM), IBM (IBM), Intel (INTC) and Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD).

BankUnited trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BKU."

BankUnited's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.46%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (4.87%), Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (4.54%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.72%), Wellington Management Group LLP (3.61%) and Jennison Associates LLC (2.91%). Company insiders that own BankUnited stock include Douglas J Pauls, Jay D Richards, John N Digiacomo, Mark Bagnoli, Rajinder P Singh, Thomas M Cornish and William S Rubenstein. View institutional ownership trends for BankUnited.

BKU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, Cramer Rosenthal Mcglynn LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, State Street Corp, First Financial Bank Trust Division, and Aristotle Capital Boston LLC. Company insiders that have sold BankUnited company stock in the last year include Douglas J Pauls, Jay D Richards, and Rajinder P Singh. View insider buying and selling activity for BankUnited.

BKU stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., Wellington Management Group LLP, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Advisory Research Inc., and AQR Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought BankUnited stock in the last two years include John N Digiacomo, and William S Rubenstein. View insider buying and selling activity for BankUnited.

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One share of BKU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $21.48.

BankUnited has a market capitalization of $1.98 billion and generates $1.43 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $313.10 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.13 on an earnings per share basis. BankUnited employs 1,511 workers across the globe.

The official website for BankUnited is www.bankunited.com.

BankUnited's mailing address is 14817 OAK LANE, MIAMI LAKES FL, 33016. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 305-569-2000 or via email at [email protected]